October 21

Theatrical releases[]

• 2005 - Shopgirl (Touchstone Pictures)

Television[]

• 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Sweet Duck of Youth" premieres in syndication.
• 1990 - The Disney Channel Premiere Film Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn premieres on Disney Channel.
• 1993 - The Bonkers episode "Of Mice and Menace" premieres in syndication.
• 1994 - The Boy Meets World episode "The Uninvited" premieres on ABC.
• 1995
  • The Aladdin episode "Two to Tangle" premieres on CBS.
  • The Timon & Pumbaa episodes "Mojave Desserted/Beauty and the Wildebeest" premiere on CBS.
• 1997 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Water, Water Everywhere" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 1999 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Halloween Bear" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2002 - The Stanley episodes "Woodpecker Woes/P.U. Pup" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2004 - The JoJo's Circus episodes "Frown Fighters/Goliath the Great!" premiere on Playhouse Disney.
• 2005
  • The Little Einsteins episode "Go West, Young Train" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
  • The Phil of the Future episode "Pim-Cipal" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2006 - The W.I.T.C.H. episode "S is for Self" premieres.
• 2011
  • The Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Get Along, Little Zombie" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Phineas and Ferb episode "Escape from Phineas Tower" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • Fish Hooks concludes its first season on Disney Channel with the episode "Fish Talent Show".
  • The Jessie episode "Zombie Tea Party 5" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2012 - The Once Upon a Time episode "The Crocodile" premieres on ABC.
• 2014 - The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "A Hen in the Wolf House" premieres on ABC.
• 2015
  • The Star Wars Rebels episode "Relics of the Old Republic" premieres on Disney XD (originally premiered at New York Comic Con on October 8).
  • The Kirby Buckets episode "The School Spirit" premieres on Disney XD.
• 2016 - The PJ Masks episodes "Catboy and the Lunar Dome/Gekko and the Rock of All Power" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2017
  • The DuckTales (2017) episode "The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!" premieres on Disney XD.
  • The Doc McStuffins episodes "Mermaid in the Midfield/Whole Lotta Hula" premiere on Disney Channel.
• 2018 - The Star Wars Resistance episode "Fuel for the Fire" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2019 - The Elena of Avalor episode "The Family Treasure" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2020 - The Vampirina episodes "Chrysalis Amiss/Bringing Down the House" premiere on Disney Jr.
• 2022
  • The Spidey and his Amazing Friends episodes "Sand Trapped/Too Much Fun" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The Firebuds episodes "Marsh Mayhem/The Art of Friendship" premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
  • The PJ Masks episode "Heroes of the Road" premieres on Disney Jr.
  • The Villains of Valley View episode "Vials and Tribulations" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion episode "Highkey Anxiety" premieres on Disney Channel.
  • The Raven's Home episode "Stylin' & Profilin'" premieres on Disney Channel.
• 2023
  • The Big City Greens episodes "Iced/Chipped Off" premiere simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
  • The Kiff episodes "When You Mow, You Mow/Harry's Maturity Crisis" premiere simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
  • The Hamster & Gretel episodes "No Sprain, No Gain/Finding Professor Ex" premiere on Disney Channel.
  • The Hailey's On It! episodes "Scott's On a Roll/Bye Bye Birdies" premiere simultaneously on Disney Channel and Disney XD.

Online[]

• 2023 - The Chibi Tiny Tales short "Hercules: As Told By Chibi" releases on the Disney Channel YouTube channel.

Home media[]

• 2003 - George of the Jungle 2
• 2008 - Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas

Video games[]

• 2004 - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge is first released in Japan for PlayStation 2 only.
• 2008
  • High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance is released for Wii and Nintendo DS.
  • Disney TH!NK Fast is released for Wii and PlayStation 2.
• 2014 - Fantasia: Music Evolved

Theme park happenings[]

• 2018 - Rafiki's Planet Watch closed.

People[]

Births[]

• 1911 - Mary Blair † (visual development artist)
• 1956 - Carrie Fisher † (actress, writer, and humorist)
• 1960 - Paul Rugg (screenwriter, producer, puppeteer, actor, voice actor, and comedian)
• 1976 - Andrew Scott (actor and voice actor)

Deaths[]

• 2015 - Marty Ingels (actor, voice actor, comedian, comedy sketch writer, and theatrical agent)
• 2020 - Marge Champion (dancer, choreographer, and actress)